(continued from Session 046)
We loot the dragon, with many party members claiming scales to add to their inventory. Whipp, Kestyn, and Morro also search the bodies of the guards and find gold pieces and 11 id cards. Gulden holds onto the id cards, possibly to help some of the prisoners.
Kestyn and Kiiv distribute torches among the remaining prisoners and Morro begins leading the way back to the dragon's lair. Twenty minutes into the journey, traveling at a near run, a prisoner breaks their leg. Kestyn expertly splints the leg but the incident causes a reevaluation of strategy. We begin walking at a standard pace in search of a farm where the prisoners might be able to stay.
We approach a farm with a political sign at the road. Morro and Orla approach the door in order to gauge the reaction of the farmers to non-humans while Kiiv hides to the side of the door as protection. While not openly hostile, the farmer is not receptive to Morro's request to borrow the barn. Faced with a closed and locked door, Kiiv attempts to break it down. After gaining entry, Kiiv kills the farmer.
When searching the house, Morro and Orla find two young children and a woman. Kestyn impersonates an Order Corp officer and says that we need to use the farm for a few hours and provides a governmental stipend for the inconvenience of the dead husband.
We all accept assignments for the day, dividing the party between the house and the barn. In the house, Kestyn, Orla, and several former prisoners keep watch over the children and their mother. During the day, the neighboring farmer comes over. Kestyn panics and takes him prisoner. Then the wife comes and Kestyn takes her prisoner as well. Then six Order Corp officers showed up and insisted on checking on the footprints leading to the barn. They open the barn and see the prisoners and Orla fireballs them. Kiiv loots the bodies and drags them into the barn.
Next time: We bind up the prisoners with a moderate bind so they can eventually escape and we threaten them to keep their silence. Orla does a magic demonstration to convince them that they are being watched/listened to.
Respectfully submitted,
Orla
Party Experience Before Session: 367,032XP
Experience Earned:
Party Experience After Session: 368,537XP
The party has already earned level 9, but is still waiting to be able to take a long rest.
Needed For Level 10: 7 * 64,000XP = 448,000XP